William Mueller
Phone: (508) 647-7082 (work)
(978) 546-2725 (home)
e-mail: wmueller@alum.mit.edu
Web site: www.wmueller.com
Education
Duke Univ.
Univ. of Michigan
MIT
Ph.D. Mathematics, 1991
M.S. Mathematics, 1984
S.B. Mathematics, 1981
Experience
2008-present
Software Developer
The MathWorks, Inc.
Natick, MA 01760
Software developer for Econometrics Toolbox and financial modeling products.
2006-2008
Technical Writer
The MathWorks, Inc.
Natick, MA 01760
Documentation writer for Statistics Toolbox, Curve Fitting Toolbox, GARCH Toolbox, and MATLAB Data Analysis.
Participated in the design, development, and documentation of all new features. Continued MATLAB programming
experience designing and developing documentation examples. Redesigned the documentation for Statistics
Toolbox, Curve Fitting Toolbox, and MATLAB Data Analysis. Introduced a new class reference model for
documenting object-oriented features. Rewrote the MATLAB documentation on the FFT. Led the effort to introduce
MathML into MathWorks documentation. MathWorks Development University courses on Java, JavaScript, and XML
programming. Course on Markov chain Monte Carlo methods at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in
Berkeley; developed related MATLAB functions for discrete Markov chains.
2001-2006
Training Engineer
The MathWorks, Inc.
Natick, MA 01760
Lead developer of course materials in MATLAB, optimization, statistics, finance, and signal and image processing.
Extensive MATLAB programming writing collections of example M-files and GUIs in application areas. Taught
public, on-site, and Web-based courses in MATLAB, Simulink, Stateflow, and applications. MathWorks Development
University course on C programming; conducted related training on the MATLAB API.
1999-2001
Math & Education Specialist
MathSoft, Inc.
Cambridge, MA 02142
Responsible for the creation and management of Web-based instructional materials for the MathSoft Learning Site
and StudyWorks Online. Wrote, designed, and developed two software training courses (Introduction to Mathcad
and Mathcad in Action) and many modular learning materials for math, science, and engineering (including the
complete course Exploring Precalculus). Traveled and presented at many campuses and meetings in my capacity
as liaison with the academic community.
1998-1999
Associate Professor
Department of Mathematics
Salem State College
Salem, MA 01970
Taught statistics, discrete math for computer scientists, math for elementary school teachers, and calculus. Wrote
a successful NSF grant to fund a collaborative project with Duke University for developing Web-based instructional
materials in collaboration with local high schools. Awarded a College Summer Grant for development of online
learning materials in precalculus. Selected for the Dean's Faculty Writing Workshop.
1994-1998
Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721
Taught precalculus, calculus, differential equations, real analysis, ODEs, logic, set theory, history of mathematics.
Extensive use of computers and graphing calculators, group work, student writing and undergraduate research
projects. Involved in a variety of curriculum development projects, focusing on the effective use of technology in the
classroom; Webmaster for several Web sites delivering content for these projects. Arizona coordinator for Harvard
Precalculus. Organizer of the university's Inter-Departmental Logic Colloquium; awarded an “Intellectual Community”
grant by the university. Curator of the department’s historical collection of mathematical models.
1993-1994
Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics & Computer Science
Northern Michigan University
Marquette, MI 49855
Taught precalculus, calculus, business calculus, logic. Assisted the department in making the transition to a more
computer-based curriculum using the Harvard Calculus materials. Extensive use of computers and graphing
calculators. Continued collaboration with Duke’s Project CALC. Selected as a developer for the MAA’s NSF-funded
Interactive Mathematics Texts Project.
1991-1993
Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics & Computer Science
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, MA 01075
Taught precalculus, calculus, discrete math for computer science. Developed a new “calculus with precalculus”
sequence for women with weaker mathematical backgrounds under a grant from the Charles Dana Foundation.
Developed materials for the Five College’s NSF-funded Calculus in Context project; continued work on Duke’s
Project CALC. Supervised teaching assistants in the Education Department’s teacher training program.
1985-1991
Instructor
Department of Mathematics
Duke University
Durham, NC 27706
Taught calculus and linear algebra. Involved in the planning, development, and teaching of the NSF-funded Project
CALC laboratory calculus project. Member of the Project CALC departmental advisory committee. Extensive work
with undergraduate tutoring through the Peer Tutoring Program (all undergraduates), the Minority Affairs Office
(minority students), and the Summer Transitional Program (students with weak mathematical backgrounds). L. P.
Smith Award for outstanding graduate instructor.
1980-1982; 1983-1984
Teaching Fellow
Department of Mathematics
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Taught calculus and linear algebra.
1982-1983
Math, Physics Teacher
Commonwealth School
Boston, MA 02116
Taught precalculus, calculus, physics. Student advising.
Computing
Research background in theoretical computer science. Experience in the following languages:
C
Java
MATLAB
JavaScript
HTML/XML
FORTRAN
Author of an interactive Web-based text on the effective design of educational interfaces. Designer and developer
of computer-based instructional materials for the classroom and the Web. Active in several national, NSF-funded
computer-based curriculum projects. Developer for the MAA's Interactive Mathematics Texts Project. User of the
following mathematical software packages: Matlab, Mathcad, Mathematica, Maple.
Designed, maintained, and contributed to the following Web sites:
www.wmueller.com
www.wmueller.com/design
www.wmueller.com/precalculus
www.math.duke.edu/education/ccp
Professional
Personal
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
American Mathematical Society
Mathematical Association of America
Association for Symbolic Logic
Consortium for ODE Experiments
Born: Milwaukee, WI
U.S. citizen